"Looks like you have a bad dream."
A cold word came from the left side of his. Arc then remembers Zerin was there. He looked at her and said,
"Yes, it was rather scary. Do you know curse magic or something?"
Arc asked her as if she was the reason cause of his bad dream.
"No."
However, she flatly.
"I see. Why aren't you sleeping?"
Arc asked her.
"I am training my mind, night is the right time."
She told him.
"Oh. Don't stay late. Tomorrow will be also a hectic day."
Saying that Arc again tried Itachi's trial. and in just one minute he tried 23 times. And he lost all of the time.
"Damn! Itachi is too strong. Especially when he put me under genjutsu, I couldn't catch that. He is too much of a skilled fighter and the best user of Sharingan."
He muttered. He finally got mentally tired so he do not want to try anymore for tonight and wanted to just sleep.
At midnight he woke up again and saw Zerin laying on the bed. Her eyes are closed so he concluded she is asleep.
He was thirsty, however, there was Miranda tonight so he have to help himself. He used his telekinesis to manipulate jars and glass. He starting to expert in it slowly. Compare to he just lost control at first he can control an object with pretty ease.
He then went to sleep and woke up in the late morning. Arc saw Zerin sitting on the bed in meditation posture.
Arc then called Miranda.
[Come.]
Just after a few minutes, Miranda knocked on the door. Zerin opened her eyes and looked at Arc. She saw Arc swiftly sit on the wheelchair and started to move.
He was controlling his chair with telekinesis which made her pretty surprised. Arc stood middle of the room and used his telekinesis to open the door too.
Zerin was surprised by that too, albeit she had an emotionless face and eyes.
"Good Morning, master."
Miranda greeted him.
"Good Morning. Please serve me a cup of tea."
Arc then asked Zerin,
"Do you want tea too?"
She didn't reply in her mouth but denied that she won't.
"Okay. Arrange her breakfast too."
Arc told her.
"It's already arranged, master. Don't worry."
Miranda replied to him.
"Good."
Arc nodded. She left the room and came back with tons of food. Arc took the teacup and started to drink without saying anything to Zerin. He knows she won't eat now as she is not opening her eyes from meditation.
[How to grow my skill?]
Arc asked Miranda. Arc was strong now, however, he cannot utilize his power, which was apparent against Itachi. This was the first time he understood what kind of amateur he was.
[Training. You need to train endlessly to grow strong. Even if you have a strong ability it will help you in the short run, however, when it is in terms of the long run, you will just get defeated by a skilled opponent.]
Miranda replied. Arc didn't say anything after that. He was drinking tea with making very little audible sound. After finishing it, he put the cup on while making noise which he usually doesn't do. Miranda understood this behavior that he distracts by something.
He finally said,
[You are right.]
Arc then close his eyes and went to face Itachi, and he has done it for the fifth time after he woke up.
Itachi was in front of him, no one yet to make any move.
"Say, Itachi. Am I strong?"
Arc asked him.
"You are strong."
Itachi replied. Arc just asked for confirmation. Then he asked him,
"What do you need to make your Sharingan strong?"
He asked him.
"Sharingan act on your emotion. Regardless, of whether you get mangekyo or not, you can defeat a mangekyo as long as you got the emotion of hatred or love more than anything, and that is what you lacked. Your hatred isn't enough, not your love. And you are not even good at utilizing your strength."
Itachi replied.
"I see."
Arc then took his posture to fight against him, and release a huge amount ki from his body, he can use reiatsu as well now. Combining these two power of him the environment surrounding him started to shatter like glass.
"You are doing the same mistake."
Itachi told him. When he said that, Arc release his power like a burst and told Itachi,
"I admit my defeat."
"So, you finally understood how to win this stage."
Itachi told him.
"Yes, even if I can destroy this world including you, I never could win this. After all, I have tried my all to defeat you. I couldn't do that at a single time. On the first fight, I could buy from the shop, and after that, if I wanted to buy something, like a potion, or use a potion it seems like it was not working, I thought I am already in genjutsu, however, what system wants me to understand that, because I have such an option I am relying on those too much, which stopping my development in true sense. I need to master my every move before using it, that's what my system trying to say. And the winning condition was, realizing my mistake and learning when to give up, just because I have the power I cannot blindly fight against an opponent out of my reach, that will be just foolishness if I am not on the verge of dying. The test was, know my opponent and know thyself."
Arc replied to him.
"Good."
The place started to shutter like a TV was getting out signal from cable.
"You have passed the trial."